Factorio
Sign in to saveFactorio is a construction and management simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest resources and create automated industry to build a rocket; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as eight additional game scenarios.
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Factorio is a strategy and simulation game developed and published by Wube Software. It was announced on October 24, 2012, and released on August 14, 2020. The title is available on PC, macOS, Linux, and Nintendo Switch platforms. It supports single player, multiplayer, and co-operative game modes, with a player count ranging from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 65535. The game utilizes a proprietary engine.
Critical reception included a Metacritic score of 83 and an IGDB rating of 86 based on 303 ratings. Other review scores listed are 82/100, 92%, and 84/100. The game has sold 3,500,000 units. Software version identifiers include 0.13.20, 0.14.22, 0.16.22, and 0.16.51.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 83- Released
- 2020-08-14
- User rating
- 4.36 / 5
- Genres
- Casual, Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
- Released
- 2020
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Indie
- Platforms
- Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine
- Developer
- Wube Software
- Publisher
- Wube Software
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Factorio
- Video game.image
- Factorio cover.png
- Video game.alt
- Cover art of Factorio, depicting various structures, processes and vehicles
- Video game.developer
- Wube Software
- Video game.publisher
- Wube Software
- Video game.genre
- Construction and management simulation, real-time strategy
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.designer
- Michal Kovařík
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Combat
- Multiplayer
- Modding
- ''Space Age'' expansion
- Development
- G2A audit
- Reception
- Space Age
- Awards and nominations
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- External links
Factorio is a construction and management simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Wube Software. The game follows an engineer who crash-lands on an alien planet and must harvest resources and create automated industry to build a rocket; players can continue the game after achieving the end goal. There are both single-player and multiplayer modes, as well as eight additional game scenarios.
The game was announced via a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2013 and released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on 14 August 2020 following an early access phase, which was made available on 25 February 2016. The game was released on Nintendo Switch on 28 October 2022 and the port to Nintendo Switch 2 on 22 December 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Factorio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.